On June 12, 1994, famed former running back O.J. Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman were stabbed to death outside her home.

What followed was what many call the "trial of the century" — Simpson was charged with the murders and America watched every twist and turn of the televised, high-profile proceedings until the day he was acquitted on Oct. 3, 1995.

Two decades later, these images from the trial that became a national obsession still pack a punch.

Police chase a Ford Bronco driven by Al Cowlings as he takes his friend, O.J. Simpson, to Simpson's home in Brentwood. The slow-moving June 17, 1994, freeway chase took law enforcement authorities through two counties after Simpson was charged with the murders. (Photo: Joseph R. Villarin, AP)

Simpson, seated, center, is surrounded by his defense attorneys on Sept. 28, 1995. From left is Johnnie Cochran, Peter Neufeld, Robert Shapiro, Robert Kardashian and Robert Blasier, seated. (Photo: Sam Mircovich, AP)

Defendant Simpson grimaces as he tries to put on one of the leather gloves prosecutors say he wore the night Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered on June 15, 1995. Simpson struggled to put on the gloves, saying they were "too small" as he held them up to the jury. (Photo: Pool photo by Sam Mircovich)

Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran puts on a pair of gloves as he reminds the jury that the bloody gloves O.J. Simpson tried on did not fit him on Sept. 27, 1995. Cochran coined the phrase, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit." (Photo: Vince Bucci, AP)

Wesley Griswold, right, leaves little doubt as to his choice of verdicts as the jury began their deliberation outside the Criminal Courts building in Los Angeles on Oct. 2, 1995. (Photo: Bob Gailbraith, AP)